Hey everyone,
Even though the news broke around 17 days ago, I wanted to share my thoughts on the recent changes to Balance druids. It’s clear that resetting Eclipse on boss pull is meant to make our playstyle more dynamic and fix the issue where we were stuck in Solar Eclipse too often. This change is supposed to even the playing field for all of us, especially after wipes or during trash pulls.
I understand the worry about losing DPS with this change. The hotfix to Insect Swarm, making it deal Spellstorm damage and benefit from Lunar Eclipse, seems like a solid way to address this. A 15% damage boost should help balance things out and encourage us to use both Eclipse states more.
It might take some time to get used to not being stuck in Solar, but I appreciate the effort to improve our overall gameplay. I also get why the initial change came out quickly, even without much communication—it was important to fix things before the gearing meta settled in.
I’m looking forward to seeing how these changes play out in-game. Thanks to the devs for working on this and keeping an eye on our performance.
Cheers,
Vañessá